Registry

Assessment: definitions and descriptions: terminology - norm and criterion referenced, continuous, summative, formative, diagnostic; competence; validity and reliability

History of Assessment: examination of the origins of our examination driven assessment culture

Purposes and Audiences: assessment as methodology, as statement of achievement; as indicator of progress; as screening device

Sociology of Assessment: motivation, accreditation, on teaching and learning experience; validation of multiple forms of intelligence Assessment techniques: examinations of different types- written, practical, interview and oral assessment, observation; portfolios, projects, task and performance related strategies: etc. Evaluation and Curriculum Development: The training cycle and evaluation, purposes of evaluation, definitions and evaluation Evaluation Strategy: Key questions to be addressed in writing a strategy, political and ethical considerations Models of Evaluation: Experimental research, illuminate evaluation, systems model, goal free evaluation, interventionalist evaluation Evaluation Methods: Creative thinking tools, focus groups, questionnaires, interviews, critical incident reviews, documentary analysis. Integrated Assessment System: aims, operation, recording mechanisms, evidence, accreditation. Other systems: a brief description of City and Guilds, NVQ, RSA Diagnostic Work: using a wide range of techniques to develop individualised training programmes Task Analysis: matching assessment findings to content and methodology Equal Opportunity and Assessment: concept of reasonable accommodation and its importance in understanding assessment techniques as they relate to people with special needs, including people with physical, sensory disabilities, specific and on specific learning difficulties.